Author: Tricia

Stay home. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, it is. Staying home helps save money in a lot of ways. It saves gas money. If you’re not driving, you’re not going to the store. You’re not eating out at restaurants. I also find that staying home slows things down and allows our family to really enjoy […]

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve done a proper meal plan around here. It’s just been so hectic the past two weeks and we’ve just been putting random things together for dinners. This is what we have planned this week: Breakfast eggs, black beans and turkey sausage toast with homemade strawberry jam mushroom and […]

Well, better late than never I guess. We’ve had our June goals figured out for a few days now, but I just haven’t gotten around to posting them yet. June it going to pretty short on goals due to our electrical issues after coming home from vacation. A large chunk of our debt free money […]

I’m going to try and update our progress toward debt payoff and our 2018 financial goals at the end of every month. I think this will help keep us accountable and give us even more motivation to get things paid off. I would love to hear how others are progressing in their debt free journeys […]

This is really hard for me to wrap my head around, but we are pausing our debt payoff journey for the month of June. I feel a little guilty and disappointed, but I know it is for the best. We are not contributing anything extra to debt for June, but instead, are paying for some […]

Time for another tip. This tip not only helps us save money, but it is also a more “earth friendly” habit we have formed. Ditch the paper products. Skip the paper plates, paper napkins and paper towels. The easy swap is to use your actual dishes instead of paper plates. Try investing in cloth napkins […]

So this is week two of our big grocery haul. It’s going well so far, but you never know what it will look like by the end of the week. We might be eating some pretty crazy “meals” by then. This is what we have planned for the week: Breakfast Oatmeal Eggs/egg hash Lunch Leftovers […]

We’ve been paying off debt for a long time, but did not get intentional about it until the new year. It was then that I actually came up with a plan and worked out all the numbers on a spreadsheet. (Fun fact: I love spreadsheets and use them for almost everything!) I finally saw the […]

Today’s tip requires a little bit of planning before you head out the door – something that can be tricky to do in our busy, always on the go lifestyles. But by implementing this tip you could save hundreds over a year’s time! Never leave the house without a snack and a drink. Seems simple […]

So, we did a huge grocery run yesterday. I have never been good at meal planning for more than 7-10 days, but my husband wanted to go ahead and buy what we needed for two weeks! Sounded a little unrealistic for us, but I hope it ends up working. This is what we are eating […]